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Creating Unique, Disability-Friendly Christmas Traditions

Creating Unique, Disability-Friendly Christmas Traditions

by Kristin Faith Evans | Dec 13, 2023 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting

Creating Unique, Disability-Friendly Christmas Traditions Creating unique, disability-friendly traditions may feel like one more task to add to your holiday to do list. These ideas from guest blogger Kristin are anything but one more thing. In fact, her ideas will...
Surrendering our Children with Disabilities to God

Surrendering our Children with Disabilities to God

by Kelly Simpson | Dec 6, 2023 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

Surrendering our Children with Disabilities to God Surrendering our children with disabilities to God can be challenging. It’s also crucial to future spiritual development in us and our children. Guest blogger Kelly Simpson explains what’s involved in our surrender...
Therapy is Not a Child’s Love Language.

Therapy is Not a Child’s Love Language.

by Heather Braucher | Nov 15, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, The 5 Love Languages® for Special Needs Families

Therapy is Not a Child’s Love Language. Therapy is not a child’s love language. Guest blogger Heather Braucher discovered this during a therapy-intense season in the lives of her sons with special needs. In today’s post, she describes how a more laid-back season...
Every Season Has Its Challenges and Joys

Every Season Has Its Challenges and Joys

by Jolene | Nov 8, 2023 | Encouragement, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

Every Season Has Its Challenges and Joys Every season has its challenges and joys. God has been injecting that truth into my heart with particular intensity this week. I wish he would stop. He began this exercise in my character development with a pain in my left side...
Making an Autumn Sensory Fidget Box

Making an Autumn Sensory Fidget Box

by Mark Arnold | Nov 1, 2023 | Holidays, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting

Making an Autumn Sensory Fidget Box Making an autumn sensory fidget box is easier than it may sound. Guest blogger Mark Arnold is here with ideas, pictures, and step-by-step guidance to help you and your kids create a delightful activity for this beautiful season of...
The Time Warp That Is Disability Caregiving

The Time Warp That Is Disability Caregiving

by Jolene | Oct 23, 2023 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

The Time Warp That Is Disability Caregiving The time warp that is disability caregiving is a concept that came to me in the middle of the night. Before you categorize me as a crackpot, be assured of this: The thought was not caused by alien abduction.No zombies came...
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Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

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